"I know what it's like to be shoveling to pay bills. I know what it's like to not have a job."
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"It became apparent to me really fast that I wasn't going to be able to make a living and pay my bills playing on Broadway."
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"I agree with Bill Clinton that US forces should not be sent to Haiti, but not for his reasons."
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"The best thing about being a best-selling writer is being a best-selling writer. More seriously, today I can write full time and pay the bills."
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"Go out there and get rich. Get so obnoxiously rich that when that tax bill comes, your first thought will be to choke on how big a check you have to write."
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"Foreigners cannot enjoy our food, I suppose, any more than we can enjoy theirs. It is not strange; for tastes are made, not born. I might glorify my bill of fare until I was tired; but after all, the Scotchman would shake his head and say, 'Where's your haggis?' and the Fijan would sigh and say, 'Where's your missionary?'"
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"Have your boyfriend add therapy bills to my expense tab."
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"Once I'm obsessed with somebody, I'm terrified of them instantly. I'm not scared of them - I'm scared of me and how I will react. Like, for instance, one time someone was introducing me to Bill Maher, and I saw Meryl Streep walk into the room, and I literally put my hand right in Bill Maher's face and said, "Not now, Bill!", and I just stared at Meryl Streep... I just creepily stared at her."
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"A fig for your bill of fare; show me your bill of company."
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"I used to sing Bill Monroe songs. And I'd sing Dennis Day songs like songs that he sang on the Jack Benny show."
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"The only way a drum machine will get out of beat is for you not to pay your electric bill."
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"Bill Gates says, 'Wait till you can see what your computer can become.' But it’s you who should be doing the becoming. What you can become is the miracle you were born to work-not the damn fool computer."
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"The thing my father was proudest of was the Ayres clock at the intersection of Washington Street and Meridian. That made him so happy. Ayres complained because he wouldn't send them a bill. There was stuff my family had done there - particularly my father and grandfather - that was quite permanent and wonderful."
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"I'd almost prefer [Richard] Nixon. I'd say [Bill] Clinton is every bit as corrupt as Nixon, but a lot smoother."
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